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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary describe her mother?

2. What weapon does the figure at the tomb carry?

3. What does Emerson tell Amelia he was bluffing about?

4. How did the person whose skeleton was found in the tomb die?

5. What sense does Amelia say the male sex lacks in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ramses say to his parents in his letter?

2. What does Emerson say to cheer up O'Connell at the end of Chapter 14?

3. Why does Emerson decide to get involved in the murder investigation in Chapter 10? Who does he intend to get help from?

4. What do Emerson and Amelia discover about the pendant found in the tomb?

5. What does Dr. Dubois conclude about Armadale's death?

6. What does Lady Baskerville serve to her guests in Chapter 16? What turns out to be significant about this service?

7. What does Lady Baskerville announce at breakfast? What does Mr. Vandergelt announce at breakfast?

8. What information does Ali Hussan provide the Emersons with?

9. What does Emerson find when he knocks through the tomb wall painted with a portrait of Anubis?

10. How does Amelia apprehend the figure in white?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of suspicion in the novel, "The Curse of the Pharaohs". Who is suspicious of whom, and why? Who is Amelia suspicious of? Why does she feel this way? As the reader, who behaves suspiciously in the novel? Why do they behave this way? How do the characters' suspicions of others affect their behavior?

Essay Topic 2

What is a parody? What makes "The Curse of the Pharaohs" a parody? What is the novel a parody of?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the antagonist of the novel, Lady Baskerville. What are her defining characteristics? Why is she the antagonist of the novel? As the reader, did you suspect Lady Baskerville of being the murderer prior to the reveal in Chapter Sixteen? Why or why not?

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